Homotopia Explained

Homotopia
Director:Eric Stanley
Chris Vargas
Runtime:27 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Homotopia is a 2007 short film by Eric A. Stanley and Chris E. Vargas. The film talks about the politics of gay marriage and assimilation and addresses issues of racism, colonialism, HIV/AIDS, and the State.

Plot

Yoshi, the main character, falls in love with someone he meets in a park bathroom while reading Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks. Sadly, his new love interest is about to marry another man. Yoshi and his friends decide to stop the wedding from happening.[1]

Cast

Sequel

A sequel to Homotopia was created eight years later, titled Criminal Queers. The film is a "Prison-Break style comedy," meant as a commentary on the American prison system and its oppression of LGBTQ people.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-01-30 . Film Review: Homotopia and other shorts . 2022-05-13 . qmunicatemagazine.com . en-US . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808101744/https://qmunicatemagazine.com/2016/01/30/film-review-homotopia-and-other-shorts/ . dead .
  2. Web site: The Filmmakers Behind 'Criminal Queers' Explain Why "Queer Liberation is Prison Abolition" . 2022-05-13 . In These Times . 26 June 2015 . en.